chapter 7

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WARNING: R-18


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I've been in airplanes multiple times. And I have also been in private jets because for a long time, my parents loved to travel, pati na rin si Everest na madalas mag-business trip kung saan sinasama niya ako. But in those aircrafts, I don't see past the small windows.


But today, that changed. Because today, Karma took me in a small plane just for us to fly across the country to our destination.


This is the first time I'm wearing big headphones with a mic like I'm part of the crew that flies the plane. This is the first time I sat in front of thousands of buttons that do not make sense to me. This is the first time I'm riding a plane while sitting beside the pilot himself. And this is the first time a man has flown an airplane for me.


And this first time experience is thanks to this man beside me, my husband's uncle, my conspirator on this trip, Karma.


We're flying in broad daylight, just as the day is starting kaya naman kitang kita ang magandang tanawin mula sa taas kung nasaan kami. This plane is flying relatively low unlike private jets and airport planes so I can see every city and province that we fly through.


"Wow," I chuckled breathily like a kid.


I looked over Karma. He's busy flying the plane but he can still look around while he does that. Inabot niya ang akin pisngi at hinaplos ang gilid ng aking labing malawak ang ngiti.


Dumaan kami palampas ng mga bahay, ng mga palayan at mga building. Parang noon lang ay tumatanaw lang ako sa mga maliliit na eroplanong ganito mula sa baba. Now, I'm in one and is looking at everything in a bird's-eye view.


Everything is so small again like when we were at that place where he took me. Nothing matters. Just us in this small plane.


Habang pinapalipad niya ang eroplano ay tinuturo sa akin ni Karma ang ilang madadaanan namin kagaya ng isang malaking rebulto ng isang bayani.


He's telling me facts about places we pass by. Kabisado niya ang lugar kaya napagtanto kong hindi ito ang unang beses niyang magpalipad ng eroplano sa lugar na ito.


Dahil sa pagkamangha, lingon lang ako nang lingon at hindi ko na naisip ang ibang bagay. Basta titingin nalang ako sa tinuturo niya, mapapangiti sa binibigay niyang trivia at simpleng kwento. Kapag ako naman ang mag ituturo ay nakikinig siya at sinasagot ang mga tanong ko.

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